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Zigzag, ZigZag, zig zag, zig-zag, zig zak or zig-zak is a jagged, regular pattern. It may also refer to:
Animals
- Phasianella zigzag, a species of sea snail
- Several types of salamander living in the U.S.:
- Zigzag barb, a ray-finned fish
- Zigzag heron, a bird
Architecture
- Zig-Zag Chair, designed by Gerrit Rietveld
- Zig-zag moulding on Norman arches
- Zigzag moderne, a term used in Art Deco
Computer science
- Zig-zag entropy coding, a method used in JPEG images to compress data
- Zig-Zag, a tree-rotation variant used to balance splay trees
- Zig-zag product, a method for constructing graphs in computational complexity
- ZigZag (software), a data model designed and patented by Ted Nelson
Electrical engineering
- Zig-zag in-line package, a short-lived packaging technology for integrated circuits
- Zigzag transformer, an engineering device for electrical systems
Entertainment
Film and television
- Zig Zag, an educational TV series on BBC Schools
- Zig Zag, a 1970 film directed by Richard A. Colla
- Zig Zag, a 2002 film directed by David S. Goyer
- Zig Zag (Canadian TV series), a Canadian TV series
- Zigzag, the main villain from The Thief and the Cobbler
Music and theatre
- Zig Zag (The Hooters album), 1989
- Zig Zag (Tha Mexakinz album), 1994
- Zig-Zag!, a musical revue staged at the Hippodrome, London, in 1917
Other media
- Zig Zag (manga), a manga series by Yuki Nakaji
- Zig Zag (video game), a 1984 video game
- Zig Zag Girl, a magic trick invented by Robert Harbin in the mid-1960s
- ZigZag (magazine), a UK rock music magazine
- ZigZag (2015 Video Game), a 2015 video game, became #1 on Apple Store
Geography
- Zig Zag Pass, site of the Struggle on Zig Zag Pass in the Philippines during World War II
- Any of several places on southern Mount Hood in Oregon:
- Zigzag, Oregon
- Zigzag Glacier
- Zigzag Ranger Station
- Zigzag River and Little Zigzag River
- Zigzag Bluff in Antarctica
- Zigzag Island off the coast of Antarctica
- Zigzag Pass on the island of South Georgia
Mathematics and cryptography
- Zig-zag lemma, a mathematical lemma in homological algebra
- Zigzag cipher, a type of cipher, or code
- Zigzag poset, another term for a partially ordered set in mathematics commonly called a fence (mathematics)
Railroads
- Kalamunda Zig Zag in Western Australia
- Zig zag (railway), a construction technique railroads use to climb hills; also called a switchback
- One of several railway-related places in New South Wales:
- Lapstone Zig Zag, a walking track on the line of an abandoned railway
- Zig Zag Railway, a heritage railway located near Lithgow
- Zig Zag railway station, New South Wales, a railway station on the CityRail network near Lithgow
- Zig Zag Bridge, an alternate name of Perry Bridge, a 1711 bridge over River Tame in Perry Barr, Birmingham, England
Other uses
- Mauser Zig-Zag, a 19th-century revolver
- Zig zag revolver, a 3-D printed revolver developed in Japan
- Zig-Zag (company), a tobacco products company
- Zig-zag bridge, a type of pedestrian walkway
- Agent Zigzag, code name of Eddie Chapman, a British double agent
- USS Zigzag (SP-106), a patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919
- ZigZag, a ticketing scheme in Derbyshire, UK, by bus operator Trent Barton
See also
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